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“Captain’s job is actually to back a player”: Ashwin comes hard on Pant for withdrawing Digvesh Rathi’s appeal
Former Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has expressed his disapproval of LSG captain Rishabh Pant’s decision to withdraw a run-out appeal during LSG’s match against RCB on Tuesday in Lucknow.
“Captain’s job is actually to back a player. A captain’s job is not to make a bowler feel small. By making this decision of pulling away an appeal, ye pehle karna chahiye tha (should have discussed earlier)," Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.
“We don’t know if they discussed, but let’s stop this vilification of that youngster in front of crores and crores of people. Do we do that to anybody else? Why does a bowler look small? It is actually a humiliation," Ashwin said.
The incident occurred in the 17th over when LSG’s Rathi dislodged the bails after assuming that RCB’s Jitesh had left his crease. However, LSG captain Pant intervened, signalling to withdraw the appeal. While Pant’s gesture was lauded by many, Ashwin believed it was not in the best interest of the game.
“So what happens is a bowler feels so small that he will never do that again. People will say that he should never do that (run out at the non-striker’s end) again. Why should he not do that? It is actually not about the rule. The batsman taking an extra step gives him an opportunity to finish a two."
“Digvesh Rathi is not my relative, not my friend. I don’t know who he is. But I am saying ki ek bowler ko itna scar kar doge aap aisa karne mein (you will scar the bowler so much) that it will really affect him. But because nobody really cares about a bowler. So you can insult him by withdrawing his appeal in front of crores of people," Ashwin asserted.
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